Desktop Icons Have Black Box

[kudozus]

For some reason, the majority of my desktop icons have black boxes covering
them. The recycle Bin, a folder I created, and a text document seem to be
immune to the black box, but for my other icons, I can't seem to get rid of
them.

Anybody know what I can do to get rid of the black boxes?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

See if clearing the thumbnail cache helps.

Click Start, type cleanmgr and press ENTER
Click My files only
Select the system drive letter from the drop-down list
Uncheck all the entries except Thumbnails
Click OK

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
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For some reason, the majority of my desktop icons have black boxes covering
them. The recycle Bin, a folder I created, and a text document seem to be
immune to the black box, but for my other icons, I can't seem to get rid of
them.

Anybody know what I can do to get rid of the black boxes?

 

[kudozus]

Well, that didn't work, but I think I may have some new information that
might be helpful. I recently loaded Diablo II onto my computer, and when the
icon first appeared on my desktop, it didn't have a black box. However,
anybody who has tried to play the game on Vista knows that you have to run
the game as the administrator. Once I realized this, I right clicked on the
icon, as instructed and opted to do so. Once I had the game listed as
admistratively run, the black box then appeared on the icon.

Now, I've only had this computer for a short while, so I don't know this for
sure, but my theory is that programs that are admin run have a special icon
on top of the normal desktop icons. If this is the case, then perhaps it is
the admin icon that I am missing.

Can anybody verify or disprove this theory is what I'd like to know, because
this seems to be the most logical explaination to me.

And if this theory is correct, how do I go about changing the admin icon?

 

[kudozus]

Awesome, man. That worked perfectly. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Addison Steele]

This same issue has just happened to my system running Windows 7 x64.
I've had the same settings for the last 5 months, since getting this new
PC on line. I have a GeForce 285 SSC and was just wondering if it's
caused by a problem with the video card maybe?? Or if the megaman has
Spyware Doctor on his machine? I think Spyware Dr. has been causing a
few different kinds of problems lately...

Thanks very much.

The "megaman"? Did you bother to look at the date of the posts in the
thread you replied to?